“We must meet children as equals in that area of our nature where we are their equals…The child as reader is neither to be patronized nor idolized.” -C.S. Lewis

“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations – -something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.” – Katherine Paterson

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” – Margaret Fuller